Tenzin Phuntsog Movies

  • 2019
    Rituals of Resistance

    Rituals of Resistance

    Rituals of Resistance

    02019HD

    A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk...

    Rituals of Resistance
  • 2023
    Achala

    Achala

    Achala

    02023HD

    It showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form...

    Achala
  • 2022
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

    02022HD

    Single-channel video in which the artist's parents go to sleep on a single mattress on the floor — akin to the one they used when first...

    Dreams
  • 2023
    Father Mother

    Father Mother

    Father Mother

    02023HD

    A 2-channel-video on feelings around familial expressions of care, language, identity, and memories of and longing for a lost homeland, which are...

    Father Mother
  • 2023
    Dancing Boy

    Dancing Boy

    Dancing Boy

    02023HD

    It showcases a joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan home. The boy looks straight at the camera humorously and...

    Dancing Boy
  • 2023
    Summer Grass

    Summer Grass

    Summer Grass

    02023HD

    On a Typical day on the sunny grasslands of Tibet, offering a rare glimpse of daily life shared between two family members that have been separated...

    Summer Grass
  • 2022
    Pure Land

    Pure Land

    Pure Land

    02022HD

    Builds a loose narrative around a long distance conversation between a young Tibetan-American man and his Tibetan-born mother. The character wanders...

    Pure Land
  • 2014
    A Singing Blade

    A Singing Blade

    A Singing Blade

    02014HD

    A fictional short that takes its inspiration from Black Yamari, a thangka in the Rubin Museum’s collection. Recalling her childhood memories, a...

    A Singing Blade
  • 1970
    Four Rivers

    Four Rivers

    Four Rivers

    01970HD

    A cinematic landscape film, based on a pilgrimage guide book on the four river sources that originate near Mount Kailash, in Tibet. The film depicts...

    Four Rivers